# Accident 19750117002689A: Cessna 411, Wink, TX, January 17, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1975
- Place: Wink, TX
- Airport: Winkler County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 31.7798° N, 103.2017° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINKLER COUNTY (INK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7798&lon=-103.2017&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7321U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7321U-2013-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 411 (registry code 2075902, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-411) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 411
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,985 total, 253 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75FQG41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75FQG41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750117002689A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PUMP SHAFT FAILED.SAND FOUND IN UNIT.PLT DIDNT FEATH PROP,UN MAINTAIN ALT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW75FQG41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75FQG41), Jan 17, 1975: Cessna 411 (N7321U), Wink, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7321U (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19900903037629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900903037629A), Sep 3, 1990: Cessna 411 (N7321U), Fallon, NV, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Right engine failed on climbout,did not feather. Rolled right and crashed. Holes in pistons. Fuel pump inoperative.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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